In the first sentence of Hung Liu Pollock states‚ “Painting is a returned gaze upon an absence‚ a loss that is summoned back to meet us at the surface where the painter has worked and history has been invoked.” In other words‚ Pollock describes Liu paintings as a reimbursed western gaze on forgotten women‚ reclaiming them to history by depicting them as prostitutes‚ mothers‚ and warriors. For example‚ Liu’s paintings give a modern spin on old Chinese values and images. Pollock’s theory of absence
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Hung Liu: The Chinese-American Artist By: Daniel Cagape ARTS 2F 10:30AM “The mind changes‚ the word changes‚ time doesn’t stay still‚ history is a verb‚ it is ongoing‚ there is no past tense‚ future tense‚ history is constant” Hung Liu told interviewer Rachelle Riechart (Riechart). Hung Liu is a Chinese woman who was born in Changchun‚ China in 1948. She was born during the age which we call the Chinese Cultural Revolution‚ which heavily impacted her life. She lived in China for 36 years and
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Dear city council‚ Chinatown has been recognized as a historic‚ cultural‚ and economic important location. Historic buildings are home to a hodgepodge of shops‚ herbalists‚ lei makers‚ antique dealers‚ temples‚ bars and restaurants. Thus Chinatown is the place where many Asian immigrants gather for business‚ as this place projects colorful and eclectic blends reflecting Southeast Asian cultures. Further‚ it is the place where many local farmer bring fresh products for business. Customers can
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Chinatown – Racism “Chinatown”‚ one of director Roman Polanski’s finest films‚ contains an underlying deep rooted sense of racism within it. Those who weren’t of white race were constantly in the background of scenes yet rarely ever heard‚ busily tending to their wealthy superiors. The roles they were presented with in the film‚ including that of waiters‚ cleaners‚ housekeepers‚ gardeners held as little as authority as possible‚ yet unfortunately‚ seemed to be realistically representative of those living
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epicentre of joyful noise and energy that can only be Chinatown without stopping to wonder at the past it possesses and the reason for its existence in a predominantly Chinese Singapore. Modern day Chinatown I stand silently at the start of Pagoda Street and look down from my vantage point of an overhead bridge to see a place that embodies the very story of Chinatown is the Chinatown Heritage Centre. Sitting right in the center of Chinatown‚ it is a quaint shop house that has been converted into
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forbidding Chinese to testify against white men in court. This anti-Chinese action was most critical in the Pacific Coast; as a result‚ it caused the dispersion of Chinese that had settled in California to the mid-western and eastern states.(Chicago-Chinatown‚ 1996)1 Many Chinese migrated eastward to some major cities‚ and some of them chose Chicago. In the 1870s‚ the first Chinese immigrants arrived in Chicago. Although Chinese in Chicago endured the same restrictions and discrimination that happened
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Mr. Liu has myopia. He has to wear his glasses every day. His vision is getting worse every day because of aging. Twenty years ago‚ Mr. Liu did not need to wear a pair of glasses. He could see things really clear. Now‚ Mr. Liu has to wear his glasses every day‚ so he can read his newspaper. Mr. Liu cannot hear really well‚ he needs people to talk to him really loud‚ so he can hear them. When Mr. Liu was young‚ he could even hear people whispering. Along with aging‚ sometimes Mr. Liu needs to wear
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Throughout the movie Chinatown‚ a film noir like atmosphere is portrayed. This is one of the first pictures that used this style of film in color format. Even though it was not black and white‚ and the producer could not utilize the use of shadows as much‚ it was still one of the best film noir movies ever made. Many other techniques were used to capture the gloomy mood that this genre of film attempts to convey. Chinatown was successful in its attempt to formulate a film noir movie in part
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character seducing him into crime. Although classic film noir generally is in reference to a style of film from the 40’s and 50’s‚ film noir form and style can be found in some contemporary films. One of those being Roman Polanski’s Chinatown. Although Chinatown breaks certain rules of film noir – it was filmed in 1974 and is in COLOR (black and white film is a traditional element of Film Noir) it models itself with formal elements of Film Noir genre including the sexy femme-fatale (with a twist)
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Chinatown Reading Response The film Chinatown‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ incorporates the image system of blindness vs. seeing to effectively increase the depth and complexity of how the plot is revealed to the audience. The effect of this is the audience feeling that they are not just watching a film‚ they are solving a mystery in time with the characters and what they see is not always the truth. This image first appears in the form of the bi-focal glasses seen at the very beginning
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